Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 Summary

In Chapter 3, Uncle Julio, Hector and Mando drive back from Mrs. Murguia's house. On the radio, there is a news report about an armed robbery in the area of Central Avenue. The drivers have been bound and gagged. Fifty-thousand dollars is stolen and the drivers cannot describe the robbers. Julio and Hector realize the photo Julio has taken of the truck on fire is the robbed vehicle. Julio speeds up to go home to develop the film. They go into the makeshift darkroom, or Julio's bathroom. They develop the film. There is a photo with a license plate number of the car: XJIP30. They are excited. Julio says he will call the police later, but first he calls the newspaper The Fresno Bee, because he wants to get his foot in the door there. He calls and they tell...